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BELIS-BERGOUIGNAN M.-C., BORDENAVE G. and LUNG Y. (2000) Global strategies in the automobile industry, Reg. Studies 34, 41-53. This paper views the multinational firm as a learning hierarchy , and presents a model capable of analysing the spatial organization of multinational firms. This model...
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In this article, through the case study of the Aquitaine forest-wood-paper filière, we emphasize the need for integrating a stronger consideration of natural resources in the analysis in terms of innovation systems. Based on the main specificity of this sector, i.e. its important dependence on...
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[eng] A current theory about the autoindustry mutation claims that it will bring about the end of "Fordism". This paper attempts to assess wether the Ford M C's recent strategies preserve the essential feature of Fordism or alter the model's nature. From the exemple of a french subsdiary plant,...
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Based on the main specificity of the wood fili√re, i.e. its strong dependence on the wood resource, the present article focuses on how this dependence configures the Aquitaine region's wood innovation system. More particularly, we attempt to analyze the effects and impacts of the promotion of...
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We explore the modelling of the determination of the level of R&D investment of firms. This means that we do not tackle the decision of being an innovator or not, nor the adoption of a new technology. We exclude these decisions and focus on the situations where firms invest in internal R&D in...
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This paper focuses on the diversity of engine technologies for Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs) that are developed by car manufacturers in order to substitute for the conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. Our purpose is to analyse the competition between the various technologies for LEVs...
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